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Jan- 2022 -24 January
CRYPTOCURRENCIES PAUSE AFTER WEEKEND BATTERING
The dollar traded steady ahead of the US Federal Reserve's January policy meeting later this week, while Bitcoin lay bruised near a six-month
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24 January
TONGA STRUGGLES WITH ASH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA
Reuters: January 24, 2022 Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with ash and the psychological fallout of last week’s volcanic eruption and tsunami, aid workers and…
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22 January
BANK OF ENGLAND TO RAISE INTEREST RATES AGAIN IN FEBRUARY
The Bank of England will press ahead with its tightening cycle next month as red-hot inflation runs well ahead of target and the economic
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22 January
OIL MAJORS WITHDRAW FROM MYANMAR
Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron Corporation, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, have decided to withdraw from the country
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22 January
COLOMBO PORT CITY: A NEW DUBAI OR A CHINESE ENCLAVE?
Next to Colombo's leafy business district, the huge expanse of sand reclaimed from the sea is being transformed into a high-tech
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21 January
JAPAN’S INFLATION HOVERS AROUND TWO-YEAR HIGH
Japan's core consumer prices rose by 0.5 percent in December from a year earlier, increasing for a second month in a row at the fastest
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21 January
BRITAIN FREEZES BBC’S FUNDING
Britain will freeze funding for the BBC for two years and debate whether a universal licence fee should continue, the government said
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20 January
ASIAN SHARES ON THE RISE
Asian share markets broke a five-day slide to edge higher on Thursday, shrugging off drops in Europe and on Wall Street overnight as China
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20 January
THE US AND UK FINALLY AGREE TO SIT DOWN ON STEEL TARIFFS
The US and UK have begun formal negotiations over Trump-era tariffs on UK steel and aluminium exports
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20 January
GDP IS GROWING FASTEST IN THESE COUNTRIES
India, Saudi Arabia, France and Turkey are leading the bounce back from COVID-19 across the G20 forum of the world’s major economies
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